The day was beautiful with not a cloud in the sky and Jules and I headed out to visit the waterfront. After walking a little bit with only one or two bad turns (JB here – we were lost…which became very evident when we had to cross a highway and go around several round-abouts which were made for vehicle transportation, not foot transportation. Our tourist side shoulder bags kept us safe) we made it and it was like Faneuil Hall on steroids. The place was huge and packed! The location is known as the V&A Waterfront and is all outdoor cafes, crazy nightlife and shopping till you drop, which for Jules, can be a very long time. It has 2 ocean aquariums, we passed on both, life-size statues of four Nobel Peace Prize winners – Luthuli, Tutu, De Klerk and Mandela (pics to follow), a clock tower that dates back to 1882 and a ferris wheel…yup…we did the tourist thing and went aboard.
Here are some view pics on board –
Here’s Jule’s with her new friend (JB: infamous side bag mentioned earlier- new hat will be purchased at the safari lodge after seeing this picture)
We had a great lunch and proceeded to drink the afternoon away…sitting on a back deck…listening to live music and chatting with some locals. (JB: we attempted to chat with an extremely drunk local white woman who at times showed all out rage toward us mixed with unrequited love for Laur’s white top. I got to hold a local child, which soon resulted in the local drunk woman insisting on holding child, which was a scary sight to behold. Laur then said that we were going to the deck at the next restaurant over to dance at 2pm with 10 drunk middle-aged woman who were dancing to a band playing Purple Rain. We went to the deck, but thankfully we absconded from dancing)
Upon our long overdue departure we listened to some local music – (Laur knew all the words to their songs)
The night ended with a bottle of champagne back at the hotel…for one last one which I pay for the next day.
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